2010-03-31
Hungry hungry keetums.
Post 90603 by MaryDellamorte deleted for the following reason: Those are kitties alright. Maybe more for Metachat, this? -- cortex
"Non" à la burqa en Belgique?
Post 90587 by creeky deleted for the following reason: there's a big post from yesterday on the Canadian part of this general topic, may want to post this there. -- jessamyn
2010-03-29
2010-03-28
SLYT: If David Lynch directed Dirty Dancing...
Post 90507 by juliplease deleted for the following reason: Yeah, this came up very early on in the recent David Lynch spoof thread. -- cortex
2010-03-26
Wii happy! The Discs are in the Mail.
Post 90458 by cross_impact deleted for the following reason: this is great news. However, this post is a little broken and maybe not the best way of getting it across. maybe someone else can rectify? -- jessamyn
M is for Making MetaFilter More Marvelous
Post 90446 by jacquilynne deleted for the following reason: P is for Predictable Deletion Reason Template -- cortex
No Means Yes?
Post 90444 by Ruthless Bunny deleted for the following reason: We had an Amanda-Hess-writes-about-rape-for-washingtoncitypaper post a few days ago, maybe add this there? -- cortex
Obama: new world order or end of times?
Post 90439 by fimbulvetr deleted for the following reason: single link newsfilter - if this is in fact news maybe make an effort to make a real post about it? -- jessamyn
2010-03-25
2010-03-24
Test drive crash results in £300,000 insurance claim
Post 90369 by toesofrubber deleted for the following reason: This is really thin. Something more substantial than a corporate website and a news-of-the-weird blurb, please. -- cortex
2010-03-23
"In many cases a true war story cannot be believed... If you believe it, be skeptical. It's a question of credibility."
Post 90325 by ameliajayne deleted for the following reason: please tell your boss this is not how social media marketing is done. Please do not come back to metafilter. -- jessamyn -- jessamyn
2010-03-22
Reverse Trompe L'oeil.
Post 90311 by joechip deleted for the following reason: This kind of makes those guys who draw on your face with magic marker after you pass out look kind of amateurish by comparison. -- cortex
2010-03-21
2010-03-20
2010-03-19
Does this chipped stone tool hold the secret of speech? Was it in making things like this that we learned how to talk to one another?
Post 90230 by blahblahblah deleted for the following reason: History of the increasingly-strained jokes about this being posted before. -- cortex
2010-03-18
Post Title
Post 90205 by sodium lights the horizon deleted for the following reason: posted previously -- jessamyn
Stay With Me
Post 90196 by philip-random deleted for the following reason: fairly weak sauce. Please let me know if I missed something -- vacapinta
2010-03-17
2010-03-16
2010-03-15
Benjamin Netanyahu, Pastor John Hagee, and Israeli Settlements
Post 90118 by HP LaserJet P10006 deleted for the following reason: I/P threads and "omg evangelical" threads don't go well here and this thread is going badly. If you'd like to make a thread about I/P issues or evangelicals it needs to be done differently. Maybe we can all try again tomorrow? -- jessamyn
Radio GaGa?
Post 90099 by the_very_hungry_caterpillar deleted for the following reason: Add anything new to the open thread. -- cortex
2010-03-14
Tea Party of the Supremes
Post 90085 by ExitPursuedByBear deleted for the following reason: Eh, not a great way to frame a post. -- cortex
2010-03-13
Don't ask, don't tell - ANYONE
Post 90072 by swimming naked when the tide goes out deleted for the following reason: single link newsfilter post which is, yes, terrible, but maybe not enough for a MeFi post? -- jessamyn
In the long run we are dead... But would somebody please think of the children?
Post 90068 by VeGiTo deleted for the following reason: My invisible hand brings all the boys to the free market. -- cortex
2010-03-12
2010-03-11
2010-03-10
Does This Belong on MetaTalk?
Post 89964 by mistersquid deleted for the following reason: why in fact this DOES belong on MetaTalk, thanks for asking. -- jessamyn
2010-03-09
Conan's Twitter Adventure
Post 89932 by Heliochrome85 deleted for the following reason: Sweet story, but pretty thing as a post and probably better as a comment in the recent Conan/twitter thread. -- cortex
2010-03-08
Kinda Ironic
Post 89899 by mccarty.tim deleted for the following reason: Sarah Palin opens mouth. This is pretty thin for a post without something a lot more substantial going on. -- cortex
2010-03-07
2010-03-06
Building Great Teachers
Post 89854 by storybored deleted for the following reason: Looks like we were talking about Lemov a few days ago. -- cortex
Pogo magic
Post 89835 by urbanwhaleshark deleted for the following reason: Looks like we've pretty much covered Pogo before in previous posts -- cortex
2010-03-05
Innovative learning process, through play
Post 89807 by dale_a deleted for the following reason: You're tweeting about these guys a bunch and describe them as friends; this feel really uncomfortably into not-okay self-link/friend-link territory, and using mefi to try and pump up someone's nomination stuff is also not an okay use of the front page. -- cortex -- jessamyn
Meta Bitches
Post 89803 by hermitosis deleted for the following reason: Looks like the site hosting this retread 2007 email FWD got hosed. -- cortex
2010-03-04
LOAD "PARADROID",8,1
Post 89775 by Dr Dracator deleted for the following reason: First link has some nasty malware a-lurkin', it looks like. If there's a clean alternate link we can totally replace and resurrect. -- cortex
Gay blood donation dilemma may become moot
Post 89772 by Tuesday After Lunch deleted for the following reason: Maybe just drop a note in the still-open Metatalk thread? This post is 75% metafilter and 25% letter without any indication of the import or effect of the whole thing; if there's an interesting post to be made about what happens, maybe make it then? -- cortex
2010-03-03
BeatBot
Post 89749 by loquacious deleted for the following reason: Awesome, but we've seen it before. -- cortex
Actually, you do need to make dreastic changes
Post 89740 by Pirate-Bartender-Zombie-Monkey deleted for the following reason: The front page is not the place to make a post about your personal opinions. If there's a way to frame this just based one the quality of the link, fine; otherwise, it's something for your personal blog. -- cortex
2010-03-02
I want the robot dino
Post 89684 by ShawnString deleted for the following reason: 20 optical illusions in two posts! -- cortex
2010-03-01
A look into the last week
Post 89656 by arielmeadow deleted for the following reason: Looks like the photos have been set to private, so nothing to see here anymore. -- cortex
Iowa Feticide or Crass Hospital
Post 89648 by marienbad deleted for the following reason: That's pretty fucked up indeed at first glance, but this is a single link to a few paragraphs of a newswire story. If we're gonna have a post about this, it needs to be constructed better, and this thread is not going anywhere good either. -- cortex